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Friendly, nice high school seniors couldn't ever be homeless. Could they?
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With absent parents, overdue rent, and no one to turn to, Adele is forced into the hard, cold world of homelessness. While striving to maintain the pretense of a “normal” life, Adele attempts to finish high school, all the while concealing her secret. But is she strong enough to keep up the act?
Forgotten will propel teen readers into a world where promises are broken, life is not fair, and challenges seem unbearable, while still offering assurance that solid faith, loyal friends, and a persistent spirit will prevail.
Forgotten
ISBN-13:
9781600069482
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.25
Cover: Paperback
208
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$14.99
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Another Great Read from a Great Author
My children and I have always liked books by Melody Carlson. I wrote a review of her TrueColors series in the past and we have been looking forward to reading more of her works.
Forgotten – Seventeen and Homeless is the story of Adele Porter – an intelligent seventeen year old with a bipolar mom. She’s been subjected to her Mom’s irresponsible behavior for years and has learned to take care of herself. Things start to look up when her mom finds a new job accompanied by a move to a nice condo and a new school.
Adele thinks that she can start afresh in her new school. Thus she starts hanging out with the rich kids pretending to be rich and privileged just like them. Everything seems to go well until she comes home one day and finds that her mom has left her all alone. She is homeless. What will she do? How can she survive? How can she avoid being taken to a foster home? Can she keep on pretending to her friends? And finally, how does she find God through all her problems?
As with all of Melody Carlson’s books, Forgotten – Seventeen and Homeless is easy enough to read. You can sit down one afternoon and finish her books in one sitting. Which means that once you begin reading, it’s hard to put it down. The situations that Adele finds herself in compels you to keep on reading and reading. Adele Porter’s character is fully developed in this story. However, little is said of the other supporting characters. Despite this, I don’t find this to be a negative feature of the book.
Some reviewers say that the ending seems a bit rushed and abrupt. I don’t feel this is so. As a Christian, I know that this kind of ending is not rare. I experienced myself how God works in totally unexpected ways. What this book is saying that our efforts alone is not enough. With God in our lives, there are really ways in which God makes things work out for us.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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Posted by
Michelle Padrelanan
on
12/2/2010 10:01:07 PM
Take It with a Grain of Salt
Please take my personal review of Forgotten with a grain of salt. This is my first review for NavPress. The way this program works is that when you sign up to review for them, they offer you a few books to choose from, I believe it was 3. I prefer Christian Historical Fiction/Romance but that category was not available.
I had a hard time with Forgotten being written in first person. I picked it up thinking, “I committed to this review, so let’s get reading.” The very first page caught me and before I knew it, I was a third of the way through the book which was good. Then it slowed down, for me, because of the first person narrative mainly. The other characters were not as well developed as I would’ve liked either as this was written for teens.
I began to wonder: Where this book was going to end up at? Was she possibly going to attempt suicide? Where was God in this book except to criticize Adele’s Christian friends? Why would a teen want to read this as opposed to a classic that deals with the same issues? The story deals with all my questions eventually. It wraps up quite quickly, however, which was disappointing too, and made me think, “Is this how teens today expect a book to end, abruptly and neatly tied up with a bow?” My last question to myself is, “Would I let my teen read this book?” I have to answer, "I doubt it," because there is so much classical literature that addresses the issues of abandonment, neglect, society’s responsibilities toward the poor and homeless, social stigmas, etc. and does a better job of it, too.
I’ve had a hard time writing this review because, well, who want to give a negative review? I’ve not read this author before and as stated earlier, this genre would not have otherwise interested me.
Posted by
Deana Watson
on
11/14/2010 8:18:29 PM
Forgotten: must read for teens
Forgotten, by Melody Carlson, is a book about a seventeen year old, Adele, who attempts to pretend that she is a normal teenager living at home when her mother leaves her behind alone to deal with everything by herself. She struggles to go to High School, hold a job, keep new friends, and lead a secret life from everyone until things start to unravel for her and she finds herself homeless. In this book she learns life's hard lessons about lies, broken promises and various challenges everyone eventually faces in their lives and eventually has to come face to face with her decisions about God.
I really enjoyed reading this novel because it is not another one of those sugar-coated fairy tales. The story itself is worth reading by itself but then it goes further by revealing realistic life situations and how people behave instead how we wish them to act. I think it is a must read for teenagers, because though hopefully they will not find themselves in the same situation as the girl in this story, I believe they will discover something about themselves, about life and also about God as well.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Posted by
Barbara Campbell
on
11/11/2010 8:47:37 AM
Forgotten- Melody Carlson
“Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless” by Melody Carlson. This is a fiction book about a High School senior named Adele. She lives with her mom who is how I put it, worthless. Her mom gets a new job in another town, Adele is concerned about this whole move as her mom hasn’t been able to keep a job for every long. After the move her mom gets an advance on her paychecks and goes out and splurges on a lot of nice things, even designer clothing for Adele.
On Adele’s first day of school she meets a group of people who immediately takes her in as their “friend”. She know they only like her because they think she is rich but she doesn’t care, it’s nice to fit in for once.
As Adele knew, her mom lost her job and started “flaking” out on her. Her mom was doing drugs with some low life and Adele had to get a job just to be able to eat. One day when Adele came home her mom was just gone. Adele tried to keep up face at school but it was becoming tougher and the lies started to build. Soon Adele found herself homeless. And soon her “friends” find out her lies and reject her from the group.
Adele found a mission and befriended a pastor there. After much time trying to fight for herself and not trusting anyone she reached out to this pastor. He shared with her the love and gifts from God and even though it was too hard for her to believe she decided to trust for once. There was a couple at the church who took her in and she started helping out at the mission, she even made a few true friends.
I loved this book. It was an easy read. I love the message it gives. If you put your trust in God you wont be poor(maybe there will be tough times, but God is there for you if you let Him be). The book teaches to learn to trust and give your life over to others. Adele had every reason to have a hard time trusting people but once she took the “leap” she found there are people out there she could trust.
We all need to let our guards down once in awhile and I think then we will be surprised with blessings that can come our way. Another lesson I learned is to not always judge a book by it’s cover. Adele was a “normal” High school student who became homeless. I think sometimes when we see homeless people we think they are lazy or must have deserved it, but we need to look deeper, maybe even reach out to those who have less. Everyone needs to be shown love.
I give this book an A+. A great Christian teen novel.
Posted by
Erica K
on
9/23/2010 3:52:02 PM
Forgotten- Melody Carlson
“Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless” by Melody Carlson. This is a fiction book about a High School senior named Adele. She lives with her mom who is how I put it, worthless. Her mom gets a new job in another town, Adele is concerned about this whole move as her mom hasn’t been able to keep a job for every long. After the move her mom gets an advance on her paychecks and goes out and splurges on a lot of nice things, even designer clothing for Adele.
On Adele’s first day of school she meets a group of people who immediately takes her in as their “friend”. She know they only like her because they think she is rich but she doesn’t care, it’s nice to fit in for once.
As Adele knew, her mom lost her job and started “flaking” out on her. Her mom was doing drugs with some low life and Adele had to get a job just to be able to eat. One day when Adele came home her mom was just gone. Adele tried to keep up face at school but it was becoming tougher and the lies started to build. Soon Adele found herself homeless. And soon her “friends” find out her lies and reject her from the group.
Adele found a mission and befriended a pastor there. After much time trying to fight for herself and not trusting anyone she reached out to this pastor. He shared with her the love and gifts from God and even though it was too hard for her to believe she decided to trust for once. There was a couple at the church who took her in and she started helping out at the mission, she even made a few true friends.
I loved this book. It was an easy read. I love the message it gives. If you put your trust in God you wont be poor(maybe there will be tough times, but God is there for you if you let Him be). The book teaches to learn to trust and give your life over to others. Adele had every reason to have a hard time trusting people but once she took the “leap” she found there are people out there she could trust.
We all need to let our guards down once in awhile and I think then we will be surprised with blessings that can come our way. Another lesson I learned is to not always judge a book by it’s cover. Adele was a “normal” High school student who became homeless. I think sometimes when we see homeless people we think they are lazy or must have deserved it, but we need to look deeper, maybe even reach out to those who have less. Everyone needs to be shown love.
I give this book an A+. A great Christian teen novel.
Posted by
Erica K
on
9/23/2010 3:51:37 PM
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